Defense · BUF · 2025-26

Rasmus Dahlin

Age: 26
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 205 lb
Shoots: L
Born: Lidkoping

Games: 77
Goals: 19
Assists: 58
Points: 77
Ice time: 24:11/gm

Season2025-26

Rating · 2025-26

96/100

Elite

Two-Way Defenseman

Better than 96% of NHL defencemen.

+2.09wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense1544 min94among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense1544 min85among all skaters at the position

Power play258 min21among defencemen who run a power play

Penalty kill60 min53among defencemen who kill penalties · small sample

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2018-19BUF	82	75	+0.66	Where it came from
2019-20BUF	59	32	+0.15	Where it came from
2020-21BUF	56	68	+0.76	Where it came from
2021-22BUF	80	78	+1.01	Where it came from
2022-23BUF	78	80	+1.18	Where it came from
2023-24BUF	81	97	+2.67	Where it came from
2024-25BUF	73	100	+2.71	Where it came from
2025-26BUF	77	96	+2.09	Where it came from
2026-27BUF	6	—	+0.10	Where it came from
Career9 seasons	592	—	+11.33

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

Second Round · vs MTL · 7 games

Game	Result	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
vs MTLMay 18	L 2-3 OT	33:11	1	0	1	5	1	B-
@ MTLMay 16	W 8-3	19:56	1	4	5	3	0	A+
vs MTLMay 14	L 3-6	27:28	0	1	1	1	0	C-
@ MTLMay 12	W 3-2	19:29	0	1	1	2	4	B
@ MTLMay 10	L 2-6	23:04	1	1	2	3	0	C
vs MTLMay 8	L 1-5	22:17	0	0	0	5	0	D
vs MTLMay 6	W 4-2	21:04	0	0	0	4	3	B+

First Round · BOS · 6 games

Game	Result	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ BOSMay 1	W 4-1	23:48	0	1	1	5	2	B
vs BOSApr 28	L 1-2 OT	29:01	1	0	1	3	2	B
@ BOSApr 26	W 6-1	21:12	0	0	0	3	0	C+
@ BOSApr 23	W 3-1	23:29	0	0	0	2	1	B
vs BOSApr 21	L 2-4	23:28	0	0	0	5	0	C-
vs BOSApr 19	W 4-3	24:05	0	0	0	2	1	C

Regular season · 77 games

Game	Result	TOI	G	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ CHIApr 13	W 5-1	20:59	0	2	2	0	0	B-
vs CBJApr 9	W 5-0	19:47	0	0	0	2	1	D+
@ NYRApr 8	W 5-3	24:30	0	1	1	2	1	B+
vs TBLApr 6	W 4-2	23:01	0	1	1	1	0	C-
@ WSHApr 4	L 2-6	22:28	1	1	2	3	0	B+

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL defencemen — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.